All of Mr Justin McNulty’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.
To ask the Minister of Health for his assessment of the merits of an all-island model to allow for quick transport to the advanced heart failure centre in Dublin, as opposed to having to travel to England.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any steps his Department is taking to establish appropriately commissioned and staffed heart failure services to ensure speed of diagnosis and access to specialist input.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail (i) any engagement they have had with Executive colleagues in relation to addressing child poverty; and (ii) any measures that will be included in the Programme for Government specifically to reduce the number of children living in poverty.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to his announcement of £13 million multi-year funding and £2 million for this financial year to improve provision for children with disabilities, to detail (i) the amount of this funding that has already been allocated: and (ii) the organisations it has been allocated to.
To ask the Minister of Finance for a breakdown of the financial allocation that has been provided by her Department to reduce the number of children living in poverty in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister of Education to provide a breakdown of the primary factors contributing to child poverty that have been identified by his Department.
To ask the Minister for Communities, pursuant to AQW 18149-22/27, to provide a breakdown of the primary factors contributing to child poverty that have been identified by his Department.
To ask the Minister of Health (i) for his assessment of the temporary diversion of Daisy Hill Hospital’s high risk maternity clinic to Craigavon Area Hospital; and (ii) to detail any actions his Department and the Southern Health and Social Care Trust are taking to restore that service.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the number of occasions departmental budgets have been subject to external audit in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister of Finance, pursuant to AQW 18835/22-27, whether she received a bid from the Minister of Health to fund a replacement scheme for the cross-border healthcare directive during the budget setting process for 2024-25.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail (i) how many of the RHI Inquiry's 42 recommendations have been implemented; and (ii) the timeline for implementation of the outstanding recommendations.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the statutory responsibility his Department holds for addressing (i) lighting; and (ii) surface defects which pose a risk to public safety, irrespective of land ownership.
The Minister has placed a major emphasis on discretionary fares. Will he confirm whether those who are eligible for a half-fare SmartPass in the North, including disabled people, can avail themselves of the statutory entitlement when using cross-border services?
I am asking for a unified approach to train fare costs across the island. A unified island down the line is something that you cannot ask for, but it is something that we will firmly ask for.
It is hugely positive that a bright and shiny new transport hub has been constructed in Belfast. The cost of that has been huge, but that should not be passed on to commuters. It is totally unreasonable that people travelling from Newry have to pay more than people from across the border who are travelling longer…
I beg to move Go raibh maith agat, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I have brought the motion to the House to address the shocking disparity in rail fares between the North and the Republic. The simple fact of the matter is that commuters in the North are being saddled with an enormous and unequal cost burden relative to our…